Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-25
OSCILLATION OF OLD.
ahs various Fine Points thereof summed ~
In A Article Which Dsais with tue Hi,s-
toricai side Of An lutsrsssinS
Modern Problem.

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iissing. Further definition ie, Ne ts he II,
Kisses according to sam
lick, are like creation, because they are
made out Of nothing, aud are very good.
hey require two heads and an application.
An ingenious American RramiuariAn thus
ujueates the verb: Buss, to kiss reous,
70 kisa again pluribus, to kiss without re.
Instead Of the lips; blundsreuss. to kiss the
Wro0g person; omnibus to kss every per.
non In the room erebuA 70 kiss In the dark:
But kissing bsffi.s oil attempts ut analysis,
and Joah Blllings u pretty .Senr:ss % nss wnsn ne
kias the more he can't; and that the pest way
to define kiss IL to take ONE" ki:s.s . lend
themselves readily enough to classihcation,
many and varied = they are, and % diiisrsn. ne ,hn
lover to the perfunctory kiss bestowed upon
the greasy court Testament But with such
0 classification, though interesting enough.
Ne have not here to do; We propose to treat
the subject rather historically than Analyu' |
The "British Apollo" when asked why
kiesiug was % popular, what It's beneht, and
who it, inventor, replied An, maus1,
had YOU . lover you would not come to
Apollo for Q solution, since there u no ois'
pute but the kisses Of mutual love give in'
nuite satisfaction. As 70 its invention, II ID
ssn with the nrst courtship" 1t seems diti |
cult to conceive Of time when kissing wSs
unknown in this island, and yet Scsndina-
Wan tradition states that kissing Was first In. |
:rcducsd into Ess;ua oy sara sns "s
reign It was usual for guest, both on MS
arrival and ct his departure. to kiss his
hostess and Gil the ladies' Of her family.
Again, in Henry's tune, when Cavendisn
visited French nobieman ct his own chateau,
the mistress Of the house ct the head OF her
msidens thus greeted him: "For as much %
70 be An EnglishmsD, whose custom II IS IN
your country 70 kiss Gil ladies ana gentle.
women without offensa and although II be
moi 20 In this realm, yet viii he 20 bold -
TO kiss you, and 20 shall sll my maidena"
Erasmus, grave and staid scholar - he waa
writes enthusiastically OF the practice: III
you 90 to any place you are received WIN .
are dismissed with . kiss yop return-Aisses
are exchanged they come 70 visit you-a
kiss tie hrst thing they leave you-you kiss
them oil around. DO they meet you any
svsr you move there 10 nothing but kisses
| and Il you hsd but once tasted them how
| Oolt they are how fragrant on my honor
You would not wish to reside here for ten
years only, but for lite!'
FAMOUS KISSES.
We find In the time Of James the First that
the constable OF Spain bestowed kiss upon
according to the custom OF the country any
| neglect OF which 10 taken a. an atiront"
Bunysn, tbs immortal tink or, strongly rep
.oossed the practice snioh ~ nnd s.oWH So 70
they make balks? Why they saluted the
most handsome and lot the ill.favored ones
60" In France the custom found great
vor and has fingered to greater EasIsS e1isS,
man, full Of bis insular reserve, there Il
| something unmaDly In the way men ut pub
lic railway station in France salute each
other upon both cheeks; and yet In England
/ q AZ eiu,o n iza1 n
Of salutation, 20 much 90 that We find Rustic
6prinily complaining to the Spectator OF {
pourtier Who merely contented himself with
scourty bow, instead OF kissing tie iedie.
only was IL usual for . gentleman to kiss q
| lady, but II wss ceremOnious for the sterneI
seI 70 thus salute each other. In Westey'a
JovrnaI, dated June ID. l75s, We find re-
markable instance Of this In desc iption OF q
duel between two officers at Limerick "Mr.
b. proposed hring ct twelve yards, but Mr. j.
said, No, six In enough so they kissed
one another (poor farceI, and before they
were ave PAGES ssunder both fred 81 the
Hone, In his quaint old 'Tsble-book" gives
| On aCcount OF . curious kissing festival held
in ireland; "Esster Monday several hun
drsd young persons Of u, the tom Sn and neigh
dressed In their beat, TO pleasant walk near
the town called 'The Waller The svowed
object OF each person IL to set the fun, which
consists In the men kissing the females with.
out reserve, whether married or single
This mode Of salutstion is quite matter Of
/ course; 1t u never taken smiss, nor with
much show OF coy meas. The female must be
| ordinary indeed WI O returns home without
having received at least dozen hearty
kissing under the mistletoe il . custom OF
very remote origin, and . practice too com.
mon TO 10 dealt with here, though 1t may not
perhaps be known tba. owing to the iicen.
L n - on ~. .aain mi
uetoe wss formerly exclude by ecclesisstic
order from the decoration OF the church at
Christmas time. Hone tells Us that there
was an old belief that uniess . maiden was
kissed under the mistletoe ct Christmss she
would not be married during the ensuing 9
year.
In the ceremonial OF betrothal . kiss has
played sn important part in several nations.
| nuptiAl Z In In church, ct the cnncusio oi
the marriage services, Is solemnly enjoined
| BY the York Missai and the Sarum Man usl.
/ In the old play Of The lnseEs safe Countess,
By Marston, occurs the line:
The kiss thou gav'st me In church here take -
II was also considered an honor to be the
and oil who would might contend for the
prize In the "Colliers Wedding, by Ed
| ward Chicken, we read:
"rour rustic fellows wait the while
To Kiss the bride ut the church stie"
When the ladies' lips were at the service of
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comfts or sweets, OF which We lind FIRE quent
mention. In Msssinger's Very Women"
occurs the following
"Faith search our pockets. and II you n nd there
| COMMIT OF amber grease TO help our kisses,
| Conclude US faulty.
When kiasing WAS thus . common civility
| OF daily intercourse, It IL not TO be wondered
ct that II should md its way into the cour.
tsaies OF dancing, and thus we learn that Q
kiss Wa, anciently, the established fee of Q
lady's partner" In . dialogue between
Custom and Verify, concerning the use and
abuse OF dancing and minstresly, printed by
John Aide, II the following verse:
| "But some reply. what fool would daunce,
| II that. when daunce 10 dOone,
lie may not have at lSoy's lips
| That which In daunce hs wOOn."
In The Tempest" this line occurs:
"Curtsied when you have ana kissed"
And henry says to Anne Boleyn;
"sveetheart,
] Wero unmsnnerly to take You out,
And not 70 kiss you"
While thus quoting Shakespeare, Il may
not b out OF place 10 give the pretty pleading
for kiss OF Helena To her b0orisb, churlish
husband
~ am not worthy OF the wealth own;
Il MOE dare sAy It's mine and yet II is;
buI Ike umorous thief. most fsin would
whatAw does youch my own.
..W What would yOu have:
| Sonetning ana scarce 30 much nothing, in
| lwould not tell Won what vould INV ,o,d .